Brave New Teachers Summit
Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PT)
Los Angeles, CA
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*Update as of 7/16/2010-- Brave New Teachers Summit will take place at Occidental College.
Brave New Teachers Summit, Saturday, July 24, 2010, featuring a conversation with NYU Urban Educator and Activist Dr. Pedro Noguera, & leaders from the Brave New Voices Network.
"Courage to Listen and the Commitment to Empower"
Saturday, July 24, 2010
All across the country, students are engaging with high levels of literacy through spoken word and poetry. As part of the Brave New Voices Festival, the Brave New Teachers conference highlights the work of educators nationwide, and features noted educator and theorist Dr. Pedro Noguera (NYU).
All teachers are encouraged to participate in a day of workshops, conversation, and a breakdown of the Brave New Voices pedagogy. Participants receive lunch and a copy of the 7-part HBO series, Brave New Voices.
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
9AM- 3PM (Registration Opens at 9AM)
Fee: $50 per person includes pedagogical materials, DVD, and admission to the Grand Slam Finals of the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival on Friday, July 23rd at 7pm at the Saban Theater. Light breakfast and lunch provided.
The Brave New Teachers Conference will center art as education and inspire district leaders, teachers, poet educators and youth development workers to incorporate aspects of the Brave New Voices Pedagogy in their education settings. The Conference will feature a conversation with NYU Urban Educator and Activist Dr. Pedro Noguera.
Additionally leaders from the Brave New Voices Network will share pedagogical approaches, curriculum strategies and programmatic models to encourage the spread of this literacy movement throughout Southern California and the country at large.
This event is for professional educators and teaching artists only, and not open to anyone who does not register in advance. Save your seat now- this event will sell out!
BRAVE NEW TEACHERS CONFERENCE AGENDA
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9 – 10AM |
Registration / Refreshments
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10 – 1015AM |
Welcome and Orientation
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1020 – 11AM |
A Conversation with Dr. Pedro Noguera “Reflections on Youth Voice”
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11 – 12PM |
Workshop: Brave New Voices Pedagogy
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12 – 1245PM |
Lunch: Film Showing: Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices
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1245 – 2PM |
Workshops: Pedagogy in Praxis
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• Life as Primary Text – Youth Centered Pedagogy Ft. Mush Youth Speaks Inc.
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• Spoken Word Pedagogy for Primary and Middle Schools Ft. Kuumba Lynx and Half Pint Poetics, Chicago
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• Lessons to Empower Voice Ft. Michael Cerelli and Recorded Books Urban Word NYC
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• Funding Youth Voice in Schools and Districts Ft. Dr. Ramona Bishop – Associate Superintendent Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento
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• Brave New Voices in the Secondary Classroom Ft. Reenah Golden, Artistic Director Slam High, Rochester, NY Jeff Kass, Executive Director Volume Poetry Project Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2 – 3PM |
Dialoguing the Future
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The LA Teen Poetry Slam Participants will discuss the possibility of coordinating a Teen Poetry Slam for Los Angeles youth in the spring of 2011. |
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Arts in Education Participants will discuss ways to integrate Arts education into the current curriculum, and will strategize ways to advocate for Arts as Education.
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3 – 330PM |
Closing and Raffle
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About Brave New Voices:
Convening the top young poets and spoken word artists, aged 13-19, from across the United States and beyond, Brave New Voices is a one-of-a-kind festival that truly engages everyone involved; from the participants, to the adult mentors and the audience members. Each year, Brave New Voices is held in a different city, highlighting the changing demographics of the country and a new poetic and politic for the 21st Century.
About Brave New Voices on HBO
Narrated by Queen Latifah
All over the United States, a new generation of poets is emerging. This new HBO series captures teenagers picking up the pen and taking hold of the microphone with passion, intelligence, creativity, honesty and power. These voices of 21st Century America transcend race, class, gender, orientation, and red state/blue state politics as they show us all what the next generation of leaders looks and sounds like.
Watch on HBO ON DEMAND
The poets perform some of their best stuff from start to finish. Watch bonus clips now online at HBO!
Find out more about the Teams, Mentors and Poets.
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Founded in 1996, Youth Speaks Inc. is a multi-faceted organization that understands and believes that the power, insight, creativity, and passion of young people can change the world. Brave New Voices was created by Youth Speaks, Inc in 1998 after the inaugural Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam in San Francisco—the first poetry slam dedicated to youth in the nation’s history. To learn more, get involved, and attend other events, visit www.youthspeaks.org
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